Author: Kate Millett

Quotes

Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being.

Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being.

- Kate Millett

A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of patriarchy, and also with the ending of homosexual oppression.

A sexual revolution begins with the emancipation of women, who are the chief victims of patriarchy, and also with the ending of homosexual oppression.

- Kate Millett

Men and women were declared equal one morning and everybody could divorce each other by postcard.

Men and women were declared equal one morning and everybody could divorce each other by postcard.

- Kate Millett

Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do?

Aren't women prudes if they don't and prostitutes if they do?

- Kate Millett

Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against; no better proof could be found of the totality of their conditioning.

Many women do not recognize themselves as discriminated against; no better proof could be found of the totality of their conditioning.

- Kate Millett

Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.

Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.

- Kate Millett

We are women. We are a subject people who have inherited an alien culture.

We are women. We are a subject people who have inherited an alien culture.

- Kate Millett

We are naive and moralistic women. We are human beings who find politics a blight upon the human condition. And do not know how one copes with it except through politics.

We are naive and moralistic women. We are human beings who find politics a blight upon the human condition. And do not know how one copes with it except through politics.

- Kate Millett

Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.

Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.

- Kate Millett

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